Senior Systems Engineer

Location:

United States - Minneapolis, MNPay: $97,500 - $150,600

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Tennant Company (TNC) Robotics Product Development organization. This role combines strong hands-on systems engineering execution with emerging technical leadership responsibilities, supporting the definition, integration, and delivery of complex electro-mechanical, electrical, and software-enabled robotic systems.

The Senior Systems Engineer contributes to system-level design and integration while owning key subsystems or technical areas end-to-end. This role partners closely with Electrical, Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing teams to translate product and business requirements into well-defined, verifiable system solutions, while beginning to influence architectural direction, technical decisions, and engineering best practices.

Success is measured by technical quality, execution reliability, system integration effectiveness, and the ability to guide work, reduce risk, and elevate team performance.

Key Responsibilities Systems Engineering & Emerging Architecture Ownership Own development and delivery of subsystem architectures and system features, ensuring alignment with overall system design.

Lead requirements decomposition, allocation, and verification for assigned systems and subsystems.

Establish functional requirements and performance targets for electrical and control subsystems, including power, communications, and safety.

Create and maintain system documentation including requirements, interface definitions, and verification artifacts.

Contribute to system-level architecture discussions, providing technical input on tradeoffs, scalability, and maintainability.

Utilize requirements and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Jama, Visure, or similar.

Electrical Integration & Controls Engineering Lead integration of electrical subsystems, including:

Wiring harnesses, connectors, and cable routing

Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs)
Controllers and embedded software interfaces

Power distribution and protection (fuses, circuit breakers)
Contribute to definition and implementation of machine control systems, including closed-loop control strategies.

Support and guide integration of communication interfaces such as CAN, RS-232, Ethernet, and USB.Troubleshoot complex electrical and controls issues across development, validation, and production environments.

Verification, Testing & Technical Rigor Define and execute verification strategies for assigned systems to ensure requirements traceability and performance.

Apply design risk assessment tools such as DFMEA and HARA to identify and mitigate system-level risks.

Support and influence compliance activities, including UL, IEC, EMC, and related standards.

Utilize modeling or analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB, Simulink, Math Cad, PSpice) as appropriate to validate system behavior.

Drive structured root cause analysis and resolution of integration issues.

Execution, Prototyping & Product Development Own delivery of complex subsystems or integration work streams within New Product Development (NPD).Lead and execute Proofs of Concept (POCs) and prototype builds to validate design assumptions and de-risk development.

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